Homemade lip balm, infused with your favorite scented oils, will make your lips delicious while smoothing and softening them. Using essential oils (such as lime, lemon, tangerine, grapefruit, or peppermint), you can customize this basic recipe, which consists of unscented oil and wax. Purchase tubes and plastic tubs like the ones shown here (cosmetics jars are also ideal). The recipe yields 1/2 ounce.
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons grated unbleached beeswax; 5 teaspoons carrier oil (sunflower, castor, or jojoba); 6 or 7 drops essential oil; 1 teaspoon honey, for flavor
1. Melt the beeswax and carrier oil together in the top of a double boiler, stirring to combine. Remove from heat; add honey and essential oil. Mix thoroughly so the honey does not clump.
2. To add a little color, stir in a tiny dab of lipstick with a coffee stirrer. Pour the mixture into containers; let sit 20 minutes before covering or moving. For glossier lip balm, use 2 teaspoons wax and 8 teaspoons carrier oil.
i used a similar recipe including honey and i had the same problem with the honey not mixing with the other ingrediants and just pooling at the bottom of the jar.can anyone tell me how to stop this from happening????
you can get beeswax at a local natural store like vitamin cottage or whole foods and sometimes at the farmers market, also you can buy beeswax already in pearls to make it easy to measure--- online....
as far as how much it makes it depends on the size of your container but 7-12 is typical.
Hello,
Does anyone know how much lip balm this recipe makes?
I have been trying out various lip balm recopies and this is the first one that actually worked for me.
You can see my attempts (and photos) on my blog http://cosmeticsgenius.wordpress.com
I used the n n n n n n glossiern n n n n n version above and was very happy with the result. In n n n n n m disappointed in the honey though - it separated from the rest of the mixture as it was cooling and now is a little puddle at the bottom of the lip-gloss pot.
Did anyone get the honey integrated?
Is there a certain place to look for the beeswax or do you have to order it online?
I made these along with home made soap, body scrub, and bath salts for homemade spa gift baskets on Christmas. They were a big hit with my friends and family, and were an affordable luxury!